Today’s prayer focuses on our Church and Team Leaders. Let’s just be honest, it’s hard to be a team leader. In the past, being a team leader meant that you were the person who got your team registered, planned travel/housing arrangements, planned meals, promoted the trip and recruited team members. That was hard enough. But over the last few years, our team leaders have had to become our advocates within the local church.
It’s hard for a team leader to try to battle all the misconceptions and misinformation that is circulating about the safety in México. Over the years our team leaders have had to face church leaders and parents who are trying to balance their responsibility of keeping their young people and church members safe with providing opportunities for spiritual growth. These have been serious struggles and overwhelming at times. Please pray for our team leaders as they are facing these tough situations.
Often times we hear people refer to us as being on the “front lines,” but really the greatest battle is not here in México or Guatemala, it is in the local church. Our team leaders are the ones who find themselves on the “front lines.” If they don’t win their struggle in trying to convince, inform, and assure church leadership and parents, we will never even see their team.
Our church leadership and team leaders have serious decisions to make. Pray that God’s Holy Spirit would move amongst them and give them a peace about being able to schedule a trip with us that will challenge their team members to trust in God more, to let their faith be spurred on and to share the love and grace of Jesus Christ with a family that they have never met before.
-David
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